Subject: Rancho Cucamonga

• This is NOT a Joke, OC people

  The San Bernardino County Sun's Michael Rappaport reported today what every Orange County resident feared: The end is near. In an article about the increasing affuence of the Inland Empire, Rappaport quoted Redlands-based regional economist John Husing saying—make sure your cocktail is securely placed on the dashboard of your personal jet or, at least, handed to the maid—"Rancho Cucamonga and Claremont" are "becoming the new Orange County." The scream you just heard was from Susan

  May 17, 2007

• OC Homewreckers Hung Out to Dry

  According to a Department of Justice press release and reported by the Register, Charles Head, a 33-year-old from La Habra and several accomplices have been charged with illegal activities purportedly using the latest mortgage scam to come through the pipeline. One can only expect more scams to surface soon in the wake of the "mortgage crisis," (otherwise known, at least by me, as the most shining contemporary example of both the greed and stupidity of the American people and the relentless

  March 25, 2008

• Last Night: Raphael Saadiq at House of Blues

  Last Night: Raphael Saadiq at the House of BluesBetter Than: Trying to fill up a car from the 60s with today's gas prices.Download: Don't download shit, buy the damn album (The Way I See it)Toss Raphael Saadiq's latest album, The Way I See It into any CD player and most people are quick to call it a throwback. Delicately places strings, Stax-esque soul claps and an over all retro-sexy, "grown-folks" vibe swoons and swirls in the echoed, analog bliss of every track. If you didn't know any better,

  March 3, 2009

• Stinkin' Royal George Brett Buys Angels Farm Team

  The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, which has been an Angels farm team since 2001, has been sold to a group led by Bobby Brett and his former Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer brother, George Brett. Majority owner Hank Stickney of Valley Baseball Club Inc., which moved the Quakes to Rancho Cucamonga from nearby San Bernardino in 1993, made the announcement this morning at the Epicenter, the site of many big league Angels' rehabilitation assignments following injuries. With or without the Major Leaguers,

  March 17, 2009

• Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart Killed in Fullerton Crash

  *Moved up by Gustavo, because dumb-ass trolls have hijacked a tragedy to go on and rail about Mexicans. Give 'em hell, gentle readers...Nick Adenhart, the Angels starter who pitched six scoreless innings in last night's 6-4 loss to the A's, was one of three people killed in a collision involving three cars just past midnight in Fullerton. A passenger riding in a silver Mitsubishi driven by an unidentifed woman, 22-year-old Adenhart apparently died shortly after being rus

  April 10, 2009

• Slammer Time

  October 27, 2005

• Letters

  I Only Wish the Register or The Blade Had Your Balls.
  

  August 11, 2005

• Mean Girls: The Sequel

  March 17, 2005

• Dam Us!

  Januarys flooding wasnt an act of god, but man

  January 27, 2005

• Sex with Parrots and Other Jokes

  November 25, 2004

• Haidls Secret Weapon?

  November 25, 2004

• Haidls Secret Weapon?

  November 18, 2004

• That Boy!

  November 11, 2004

• Portrait of the Rapist as a Young Man

  September 9, 2004

• Unreasonable Doubts?

  July 1, 2004

• Mean Girls

  May 27, 2004

• Raped Again?

  March 25, 2004

• Rape-Tape Escape?

  March 4, 2004

• The Critic

  February 5, 2004

• 'Our Little Secret'

  December 4, 2003

• Exhibit X-Rated

  November 20, 2003

• Exhibit X-Rated

  November 13, 2003

• Jet Set!

  October 10, 2002

• Capitol Idea!

  August 15, 2002

• Nazis Invade La Habra!

  April 25, 2002

• The Hair Care Conspiracy!

  February 21, 2002

• Poo Fighters

  December 2, 1999

• Pauper Chase

  August 12, 1999

• As Stephen Smith Leaves Town, Irvine's "Tattler" Calls on Others to Step Up

  Stephen C. Smith calls on others to keep tabs on Irvine City Hall.CORRECTED!Lost in Santa Ana a few months ago, half paying attention to the street signs and half to Larry Mantle's KPCC interview show blaring out of the car speakers, I heard the host steer his Orange County "roundtable" guests--Orange County Register senior editorial writer Steven Greenhut; former LA Times religion writer William Lobdell and the Weekly's irrepressible Gustavo Arellano--into the topic of local bloggers. The three

  May 12, 2009

• A Gun Sale at the Church is No Longer Far-Fetched

  Late, great OC Weekly music editor Buddy Seigal is shown here (under the stage name Buddy Blue) performing his tune "Gun Sale at the Church" with the San Diego-based, '80s cowpunk band The Beat Farmers (still going strong as The Farmers despite the loss of Buddy and founder Country Dick Montana). Seigal/Blue's song was a playful jab at the then-budding Moral Majority, but it does not sound so far-fetched now. Steve Smick kneeled before a cross at Crystal Cathedral before killing himself with a

  June 22, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Board Collector Kris Tom of TheVintageSurfboard.com

  ​Along with boardshort and swimsuit dispensing vending machines and a generally blown-out corporate vibe, last night's Retrospective at the Standard had its moments. For one, the event featured a rare selection of surfboards from the late 70s and early 80s. We had the chance to catch up with Kris Tom, a board collector who brought five of the ten boards on display, and ask him a few questions about his collection and his life as a surfer.

  August 14, 2009